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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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Births On (August 27th)

• 1882 - "Samuel Goldwyn, Co-founder of the MGM film studios in Hollywood"
• 1899 - "C.S Forester, English novelist of 'Captan Hornblower' books"
• 1908 - "Sir Don Bradman, Australian cricketer"
• 1910 - "Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Nobel Peace Prize winner"
• 1932 - "Lady Antonia Fraser, Historian and writer"
• 1954 - "John Lloyd, English tennis player"
• 1954 - "Derek Warwick, British Grand Prix racing driver"
• 1957 - "Bernhard Langer, German golfer"

Events On (August 27th)

• 1883 - "The volcano Krakatoa erupted, the resulting explosion was heard 2200 miles away in Australia"
• 1900 - Long distance bus services began in Britain
• 1915 -Italy declared war on Germany
• 1950 - Live Television pictures were transmitted across the channel to France by the BBC for the first time
• 1962 - "The US spacecraft Mariner 2 was launched, which made the first Venus flyby"
• 1966 - "Francis Chichester set sail on his World solo voyage, which he completed the following May"
• 1976 - The Labour MP John Stonehouse resigned following his conviction for theft and fraud
• 1984 - "Bernard Youens, better known as Stan Ogden in the TV series Coronation Street, died aged 69"
• 1986 - "It was revealed that the US Air Force accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate"